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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1917
Page
8
New York November 2 The Marine Corps minimum age for enlistment has been lowered from 19 to 17 by a statement from Mayor Mitchel's Committee on National Defence recruiting committee. Prime physical condition and parental consent for youths under 21 are required for enlistment.
Relatives of 17 members of the First Methodist Church on Temple Street Beacon Hill will place a star on the church service flag at tomorrow night’s service. The stars will form a cross and the flag will be flown over the main entrance.
Funeral services were held in Waltham for Charles T. Curtin of Battery B 301st Field Artillery at Camp Devens who died in an automobile accident at Littleton last Saturday. Waltham battery members attended and a volley was fired at the grave by Company F Fifth Regiment.
New York reports that the milling division of the United States food administration ordered an immediate ban on direct trading by American millers exporters and blenders of flour with European countries. All such transactions will be handled by the food administration going forward.
Regulations aim to centralize flour exports to European neutrals and protect consumers from high prices. Starting Dec 1, millers under federal agreement may only sell flour in one eighth, one quarter, or one half barrel sizes. from Jan 1, 1918, other sizes are banned. Sales to neutrals will flow through the Food Administration Grand Corporation, with deliveries in plain sacks and no mill brands, allocated to American millers.
Taunton November 2. Acting on warrants from the citizens no license committee Watch and Ward investigators raided four locations. At Germania Club hall 186 bottles of beer were seized. At Park Hotel owner Joe Cupid Burns a pint of water said to contain whiskey was taken from a sink. Mason's cafe and Cosmopolitan House yielded no liquor.
Edward J. Dunphy, president of the Cambridge City Council, announces his campaign for mayor. He denounces party affiliation on nomination papers and pledges faithful duty, prudent leadership, and unity for a prosperous, harmonious city government.
Charles F. Jones urged Americans to awaken to duty at a Knights of Columbus rally on the Common raising funds for recreation centers for sailors and soldiers. He called for patriotism, tax support, Liberty bonds, and food conservation to ensure victory in the war. He urged support for the Y M C A, Knights of Columbus, and government training camp activities.
The annual mass for deceased bishops and priests of the archdiocese will be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Monday November 6 at 9 oclock with Cardinal OConnell expected to pontificate. The Guild of St Zita meets November 8 at the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle 196 Lake Street Brighton from 230 to 600 PM. The Day of Recollection moves to November 14 from 11:30 AM to 5 PM in the convent. Forty Hours Devotion begins November 9 at the Church of the Holy Trinity with services at Sacred Heart Roslindale Groton St Josephs Waltham St Michaels Andover St Thomas Jamaica Plain and St Johns Lynn and St Brigids Lexington.
The clothing left near the West Boston bridge in a death by own action case was traced to Mrs. Madeline Gero, wife of Henry R. Gero, a reserve police officer of 218 Smith Street New Bedford. The husband identified the clothing and the writing on the note as hers.
Police and Mr Gero persist in belief Mrs Gero did not drown but remains safe somewhere in the city. A quarrel with her husband in Boston preceded her disappearance and she may be hiding to avoid him. He questions her insanity claims and notes left on her coat.
Raymond I Collyns allegedly searched for a hammer then a razor before striking wife Clara Collyns with a heavy shoe heel until she was black and blue. Neighbors corroborated the incident in Chelsea. Clara Collyns now runs a lodging house in New Haven and was granted a divorce.
Washington reports State Department and food administration officials conclude Mexico must obtain 100 million bushels of corn and a larger gold reserve to avert an economic crisis. Mexican commissioners seek a modifed export embargo, with corn to be supervised by the United States to prevent re export to Germany. U S cautions against large gold exports until reciprocation on Mexican mine exports.
Mary Boyle O Reilly will lecture at a Boston Red Cross War Library Fund benefit in the Colonial Theatre next Thursday at 3 pm. She will speak from experiences with peoples and troops across belligerent nations and offers her services to the Red Cross. John Drew will give a patriotic address and Jessie Eldridge Southwick will recite poems and read a salute to the flag.
Vice Admiral Montague E. Brown of the British navy was hosted by Governor McCall at a Union Club dinner. Officers from both army and navy attended.
Miss Bertha Fowler of Folks Mission in Herkimer New York told the Women’s Home Missionary Society in Troy Conference that Red Cross Navy League and other fundraisers sending tobacco to soldiers are “dragging the American flag in the dust.” She urged saving funds and buying presents for soldiers returning from the war.
New York November 2 1916. The Legislative League for the Conservation of Human Life reports 75 percent of 443 violent deaths in 1916 were needless killings. Reckless automobile drivers fires and narcotics cited as main causes.
Governor McCall will speak at the Tremont Temple rally for the Republican campaign with Lt Governor Coolidge Senator Lodge and Senator Weeks on the program. Salem Cadet Band performs before the 8 pm meeting led by President Lewis Parkhurst.
Waitresses' Union 112 voted at yesterday's meeting to donate 10 percent of the annual ball profits to the Red Cross Society to aid the boys in the ranks and in the trenches.
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